On this day, at dusk, the convoy happened to pass by the station, Zhou Dacheng decisively ordered the army to set up camp, while himself and Mo Xiuyu escorted Nangong Yue and the others into the station to rest.
The soldiers camped outside skillfully divided their labor and cooperated. Some set up camp, some lit fires, some fed horses, and some collected firewood...
A short soldier saw the backs of Nangong Yue and Zhou Dacheng disappearing at the entrance of the post station, and couldn't help whispering to his comrades beside him: "Hey, Lao Chen, do you think it's too early to set up camp this time? "It's not the first time for these people to go to Huiling City and Yanding City. Although they didn't travel day and night, they basically didn't stop until the willow tip of the moon to set up camp.
The thin and tall soldier called "Old Chen" added firewood to the bonfire and said, "I see, it has something to do with that Mr. Xiao!"
The short soldier curled his lips disapprovingly: "I want to earn military merit and also want to be comfortable. How can there be such a beautiful thing in this world?"
"Looking at how respectful Mr. Zhou and Captain Mo are to him, it's hard to be..." Old Chen looked around and made a "two".
Could it be the second son Xiao Luan
The two soldiers glanced at each other and thought they were going to the same person.
When Xiao Luan was mentioned, these soldiers had more disdain in their eyes. On the battlefield with Baiyue last year, the news that Xiao Luan was frightened to the point of shit almost spread throughout the Southern Border Army, and all the soldiers were filled with emotion. The old prince was so famous in his first life, why did he have such a useless descendant as Xiao Luan, who is not as brave and good at fighting as the eldest son... Fortunately, the second son Xiao Luan is not the eldest son!
The two soldiers felt somewhat fortunate for a moment.
"But aren't Mr. Zhou and Captain Mo the confidantes of the son? Why should they be so respectful to the second son?" Another soldier with a mustache suddenly interjected from behind.
"The second son is always the younger brother of the son, the second son of the palace..."
"..."
The soldiers outside were discussing in full swing, and at this moment Nangong Yue had changed her clothes. After two days and one night of running around, she could no longer hide the fatigue on her face. After taking a bath, she suddenly felt much lighter all over her body.
So sleepiness also came up.
She drowsily let Baihui wring her hair dry until a familiar eagle's cry came from outside.
"Haha, Xiao Hui is back!"
Lily looked out of the window, excitedly waving at Xiao Hui.
This time, when Nangong Yue went out, Xiao Hui also spontaneously followed the team, but the speed of the horse was really not as fast as the eagle, so Xiao Hui flew out of sight at every turn, and did not know that the tired birds had returned to their nest until they had played around enough, and came back to find them by themselves.
Since it won the award for bringing the baby rabbit to Nangong Yue that day, it has become obsessed with bringing some small gifts to Nangong Yue. Yesterday was a bird, the day before yesterday was a fruit, and the day before yesterday was a flower... Today it seems to have something in its mouth again. what.
"Concubine Shi Zi, I don't know what good things Xiaohui brought you today!" Lily said excitedly.
As soon as the words fell, she saw something the size of a fist being thrown towards her. Lily caught it subconsciously, and the corner of her mouth twitched at the weird tentacles.
Xiao Hui didn't need to slap her in the face like this, did she
Seeing Lily's strange expression, Huamei couldn't help but lean over and asked curiously, "Sister Lily, what did Xiao Hui send back?"
The corner of Lily's mouth twitched again, she spread her hands and said, "Look..."
In the palm of her hand was a dark gray stone the size of a baby's fist.
Huamei didn't know what to say for a while, so she could only ask: "Then do you want to put it in the box of Shi Zifei?"
During these days, Nangong Yue symbolically put the things that Xiao Hui gave her in a box, such as a tuft of rabbit fur on a baby rabbit, dried flowers, fruit cores and so on.
Xiao Hui also finds it very interesting, sometimes when Nangong Yue shows it the box, it will let out a triumphant cry.
Thrush found a handkerchief, wiped off the dirt on the stone, put it in the box, and put it on the dressing table.
Nangong Yue glanced casually, and was about to signal Thrush to put the box away, when she suddenly noticed something out of the corner of her eye, her gaze was fixed, the original drowsiness was swept away, and she looked at the stone in the box with a serious expression , and then took it out a little eagerly.
The maids at the side looked at each other, Lily walked over curiously, blinked her dark eyes, and asked, "Concubine Shizi, is there something wrong with this stone?"
As if she had never heard of it, Nangong Yue took out a handkerchief, rubbed it vigorously on the stone, then turned the stone a little bit, and said, "What do you think this is?"
Lily took a closer look, and saw a sparkling silver inlaid on one corner of the stone, about the size of a little finger, exposed on the surface of the stone.
"Concubine Shizi, isn't this a silver mine?" Huamei widened her eyes excitedly.
Nangong Yue nodded, then turned her head to look out the window, Xiao Hui stopped on a branch in the yard habitually, her golden eyes stared at the room without blinking, as if to see what they were playing patterns.
Really! Thrush became more interested. This was the first time in her life that she saw a silver mine! …Wait a minute, where did the silver ore Xiao Hui come from? It won't be "stolen" from someone else's mine, right
Xiao Hui has a "criminal record"!
Thinking of this, Huamei glanced subtly at Xiao Hui outside the window.
Nangong Yue pondered for a while, then ordered: "Baihui, go to the post station and ask if there are any mines nearby?"
"Yes, Crown Princess."
After Baihui responded, she hurried down.
About a quarter of an hour later, she came back in a hurry, with a hint of excitement in her eyes, and said: "Concubine Shizi, this servant just went to ask Yicheng if there is a mine nearby, and Yicheng said that there are mines more than ten miles away. A private copper mine, but that was already a matter of the previous dynasty. More than 40 years ago, the ore in the copper mine was mined, and it was abandoned. It is said that the people who used to work as coolies in the copper mine still stay near the mine Take root and become a small village.”
Nangong Yue also showed joy, as far as she knew, silver mines were often associated with lead-zinc mines, copper mines, tin mines and other metal mines. If this abandoned mine is more than ten miles away, then according to the flying speed of Xiaohui, it is very likely to fly there, and then fly back to find them.
In addition, the private mine is an abandoned mine without an owner. If they find out, it is reasonable for the Zhennan Palace to take over.
The last point, the maids also thought of it, and for a while, the room was filled with joy.
"Prince Princess, I have a premonition that Xiao Hui will definitely make a great contribution this time. Now how do you reward it?" Lily smiled winkingly, begging for the reward for Xiao Hui.
Everyone in the room laughed.
Nangong Yue pondered for a while, and said, "Humei, go and call Zhou Dacheng."
Huamei responded immediately, and Baihui and Baihe hurriedly helped Nangong Yue change into a blue robe, and simply tied up her hair.
After a while, Thrush came with Zhou Dacheng.
"What orders does Shi Zifei have?" Zhou Dacheng asked respectfully after saluting.
Zhou Dacheng is her own person, Nangong Yue didn't intend to hide it from him, she just asked Baihe to show him the stone Xiao Hui picked up, and asked Baihui to recount everything that Yicheng said just now.
Zhou Dacheng's eyes lit up immediately, he looked at the stone repeatedly, wiped it vigorously with his cuff, and finally even put it on the corner of his mouth and took a bite. In an instant, all the maids in the room showed some subtle expressions , Lily said in her heart: If Alan dares to do this, see if she...
Zhou Dacheng stared at the tooth marks he had left on the silver on the surface of the stone, his eyes became brighter, and he said eagerly: "Prince Princess, it's silver, it must be silver!" He swallowed, and told everyone "Senior Concubine, I think there must be a silver mine under the copper mine!"
Whether it is the Xuanjia Army or the Shenarm Battalion, they are all things that burn money. What's more, Yanding City and Yongjia City are now in ruins and need money to rebuild. If it's really a silver mine, then it will solve the urgent need of the son of the world!
Nangong Yue also smiled, and said: "I hope so." After a pause, she said again, "Zhou Dacheng, I plan to stay here for a day tomorrow. Let's go to the mine to explore first. What do you think?" Whether there is a silver mine or not, you still have to go there to confirm.
"Naturally! I'll call Xiao Mo together tomorrow." Zhou Dacheng agreed straight away. It's no big deal if the medicine to be escorted is delayed for a day. If the exchange for a silver mine is a day, then this deal will be too big. Good deal!
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